Penalosa Wins Bogota Mayor Vote With Zero Tolerance Crime Pledge
- New Mayor to take over from former Marxist rebel Petro
- Allies of former President Uribe defeated in Bogota, Medellin
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Duke University-educated economist Enrique Penalosa won the election for Bogota Mayor pledging to crack down on crime and improve the Colombian capital’s chaotic transport system.
Penalosa, 61, won 33.1 percent of the 2.8 million votes cast, compared to 28.5 percent for Rafael Pardo, who served in the government of President Juan Manuel Santos as Labor Minister. Former Vice President Francisco Santos, an ally of ex-President Alvaro Uribe, got 12 percent of the vote.